Average rent in North East
The average private rent in North East was £790 a month in September 2026, up 5.3% on a year earlier. The UK average was £1,406 (+3.8%).
Updated Latest data: September 2026 · ONS release 21 October 2026 · Data fetched 2 November 2026, 10:17 GMT
Average rent
£790
a month, September 2026
Annual change
+5.3%
UK: +3.8% (+1.5pp)
Monthly change
+0.2%
not seasonally adjusted
Rank by rent
9 of 9
English regions, highest first
In brief
The average private rent in North East was £790 a month in September 2026, up 5.3% on a year earlier (£40 a month more than in September 2025). That is £616 below the UK average of £1,406, and rents rose 1.5 percentage points faster than across the UK (3.8%). North East has the lowest average rent and the 2nd fastest annual rent growth of England's nine regions.
For comparison, the CPI measure of actual rents for housing, which covers the whole UK, rose 4.2% in the year to September 2026. Annual rent growth has slowed from a peak of 9.7% in May 2025; a year ago it was 9.1%. Over the five years since September 2021, the ONS rent index for North East rose 35.0%; the average rent then was £585 a month.
By size, the average was £555 for one-bedroom homes, £698 for two-bedroom homes, £837 for three-bedroom homes and £1,219 for homes with four or more bedrooms. By property type, rents for semi-detached houses rose fastest (5.8%) and for flats and maisonettes slowest (4.8%). Across its 12 local authorities, average rents ranged from £562 in Hartlepool to £1,220 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
North East: £585 in September 2021, £790 in September 2026. UK: £1,406 in September 2026. Series starts January 2015.
In September 2026: North East +5.3%, UK +3.8%, CPI actual rents +4.2%. North East's annual change peaked at 9.7% in May 2025.
Compared with the UK and CPI rents
| September 2026 | North East | UK | CPI actual rents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average rent a month | £790 | £1,406 | – |
| Annual change | +5.3% | +3.8% | +4.2% |
| Rank of England's 9 regions: rent | 9 | – | – |
| Rank of England's 9 regions: annual change | 2 | – | – |
Ranks count from the highest rent and the fastest annual rise. CPI actual rents for housing (ONS series D7GQ) is a UK-wide measure and has no average rent.
By bedrooms and property type
| Home | Average rent a month | A year earlier | Annual change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All properties | £790 | £750 | +5.3% |
| One bedroom | £555 | £528 | +5.1% |
| Two bedrooms | £698 | £662 | +5.4% |
| Three bedrooms | £837 | £792 | +5.7% |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,219 | £1,167 | +4.5% |
| Detached | £1,101 | £1,050 | +4.8% |
| Semi-detached | £834 | £788 | +5.8% |
| Terraced | £818 | £775 | +5.4% |
| Flat or maisonette | £663 | £633 | +4.8% |
Bedroom and property type groups overlap (a two-bedroom flat counts in both). The annual change is ONS's index-based figure, so it can differ slightly from the change between the rounded average rents.
Rents by local authority in North East
All 12 local authorities, September 2026. Select a column heading to sort.
| Area | Average rent | Annual change | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £1,220 | +7.9% | £816 | £1,010 | £1,199 |
| North Tyneside | £860 | +6.4% | £592 | £738 | £908 |
| Gateshead | £808 | +5.7% | £593 | £727 | £848 |
| South Tyneside | £746 | +7.4% | £523 | £648 | £780 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £736 | +3.4% | £537 | £669 | £799 |
| Sunderland | £710 | +4.1% | £525 | £650 | £776 |
| Middlesbrough | £699 | +3.8% | £498 | £634 | £754 |
| Northumberland | £696 | +7.0% | £496 | £631 | £768 |
| Darlington | £691 | +6.2% | £497 | £631 | £769 |
| County Durham | £653 | +6.1% | £459 | £582 | £697 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £645 | +1.5% | £457 | £610 | £725 |
| Hartlepool | £562 | +1.3% | £403 | £512 | £612 |
See also the cost of living calculator and CPI housing inflation.